Flint River

The Flint River is a 344-mile-long river in the U.S. state of . The river drains 8,460 square miles of western Georgia, flowing south from the upper Piedmont region south of to the wetlands of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southwestern corner of the state.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Georgia, United States
  • Also known as: Capachequi”, “Choutoubab”, “Clonoteeskaw River”, “Hlonotiskahachi River”, “Pedernales”, “Rio de Capachequi”, “Rio Pedernales”, “Rio Perdernales”, “Riviereau Caillau”, “Thlonotiaska River”, “Thlonotiaske River”, “Thlonotisca River”, “Thronateeska River”, and “Thronoteeska River

Places of Interest

Highlights include Apalachee Correctional Institution, East Unit and Florida State Hospital.

Prison
The is a state prison for men located in , , owned and operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.

Hospital
is a and psychiatric hospital in . Established in 1876, it was Florida's only state mental institution until 1947. is situated 2 miles east of Flint River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chattahoochee.

Town
is a city in , , United States. Its history dates to the Spanish era. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Flint River

Latitude
30.7088° or 30° 42′ 32″ north
Longitude
-84.86381° or 84° 51′ 50″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
862QP45P+GF
Geo­Names ID
4195456
Wiki­data ID
Q1428859
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Flint River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Flint
  • Belarusian: Рака Флінт
  • Belarusian: Флінт
  • Bulgarian: Флинт
  • Catalan: riu Flint
  • Catalan: Riu Flint
  • Cebuano: Flint River
  • Chinese: 弗林特河
  • Chuvash: Флинт
  • Danish: Flint River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر فلينت
  • French: Flint
  • French: rivière Flint
  • German: Flint River
  • Irish: Abhainn Flint
  • Italian: Flint River
  • Japanese: フリント川
  • Lithuanian: Flintas
  • Macedo-Romanian: Arãulu Flint
  • Mingrelian: ფლინტი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: ფლინტი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Flint
  • Norwegian: Flint
  • Persian: رودخانه فلینت (جورجیا)
  • Persian: رودخانه فلینت
  • Polish: Flint (rzeka)
  • Polish: Flint
  • Russian: Флинт (река)
  • Russian: Флинт
  • Slovenian: Flint River
  • Slovenian: Flint
  • Slovenian: reka Flint
  • South Azerbaijani: فلینت چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Flint
  • Spanish: Río Flint
  • Urdu: فلنٹ ریور (دریائے چکمک)
  • Urdu: فلنٹ ریور
  • Uzbek: Flint daryosi (Apalachicola daryosi)
  • Uzbek: Flint daryosi
  • Venetian: Flint
  • Welsh: Afon Flint
  • Western Panjabi: دریاۓ فلنٹ

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chattahoochee River and Jim Woodruff Dam.

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